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Galileo painted by Justus Sustermans c. 1640, one of the most celebrated portraits of the mathematician and astronomer who many see as the founder of modern science.

How Galileo changed the universe in a single day

The Crab Nebula, imaged by the Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Tea Temim (Princeton University)

Exotic Objects, Science

The Crab Nebula, as we’ve never seen it before

A galactic collision of two galaxies which began more than 300 million years ago, NGC 520 is actually made up of two disk galaxies which will eventually merge together to form one larger, more massive system. NGC 520 was discovered by William Herschel in 1784 and is one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the Siena Galaxy Atlas.

Siena Galaxy Atlas helps categorize nearby galaxies

Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to observe an exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst, GRB 230307A, and its associated kilonova — an explosion produced by a neutron star merging with either a black hole or with another neutron star. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Andrew Levan (IMAPP, Warw)

Exotic Objects, Science

JWST captures immense, rare explosion a million times brighter than our galaxy

Apollo 14 Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. assembles equipment on the lunar surface in February 1971. Credit: NASA.

How we know the ages of rocks and Earth

Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

What astronauts do: Science, spacewalks and chores

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón in Chile. Credit: Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/B. Quint

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shows its flair for asteroid detection

JWST images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/I. Labbe

Galaxies, Science, Stars

Those puzzling JWST images can be explained by ‘bursty’ star formation

Jupiter image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA.

NASA releases stunning image of Jupiter taken by JWST

A view of the Earth, showing North America.

Science, Solar System

Earth’s future: How the world might end

A composite image of the Sun taken by ASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Science, Solar System

The Sun: Facts, size, and fate of Earth’s blazing star

A rendering of what laser-built roads on the moon might look like. Credit: Liquifer Systems Group

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Light — and a big lens — could build roads on the Moon